School of Environmental Sciences

The school brings together our expertise in biology, geography and geology. It's home to internationally renowned authorities in climate change, renewable energy and biodiversity monitoring.

The most recent national Research Excellence Framework classified our biology outputs as ‘world leading’ and ‘internationally excellent’. And the same assessment ranked our geography and environmental studies research in the UK's top three for impact.

Our research

The most recent Research Excellence Framework rated more than 85% of our biological and environmental science output as 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent'. And it placed our geography and environmental science research in the national top three for research impact.